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Dawn Huebner, PhD

Parent Coach, Author and Speaker

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Dr. Dawn Huebner

I am a psychologist, parent coach, author, speaker, and parent of a once-anxious child.

Scroll down to learn more about my books and the services I offer or jump to my biographical sketch.

Parent Coaching

Parent Coaching

Coaching is available for parents of anxious children ages 3 – 12, with an emphasis on learning to emotionally support your child without accommodating their anxiety.

Coaching is an efficient way for parents to learn to respond calmly and with intention, taking power away from anxiety while helping children build the skills they need to live happier lives.

Learn more about Parent Coaching

Books

Books

Practical and engaging, these award-winning books guide children and their parents through the cognitive-behavioral techniques used to treat anxiety, anger, negative thinking and more. Lively, humorous and immediately usable, each book presents new ways of thinking while giving step-by-step instructions that empower children to work towards change.

Learn more about Dr. Huebner's Books about Books

Speaking

Speaking

I am available to speak in a variety of ways:

  • Live and virtual events
  • Podcasts and blogs
  • Media interviews

I interviewed Dr. Huebner recently for a news story. What a find! She was incredibly knowledgeable, and her on-camera skills were the best I've seen. In 15 minutes I had more sound bites than I could use.

Rachel Roesler, Freelance Producer

Learn more about Speaking

"Nobody writes for anxious children like Dawn Huebner. Her books are a must."
- Eli Lebowitz, PhD, Breaking Free of Child Anxiety and OCD and founder of SPACE

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"Dawn Huebner is my go-to author when helping anxious kids."
- Natasha Daniels, AT Parenting Survival

Dr. Dawn’s Mini Books About Mighty Fears series

What To Do Guides For Kids series

              

More Books for Kids

Books for Therapists

video course

Dr. Dawn's Seven-Step Solution For When Worry Takes Over

Easy-to-Implement Strategies for Parents or Carers of Anxious Kids

worry has a way of turning into WORRY in the blink of an eye. This upper-case WORRY causes children to fret about unlikely scenarios and shrink away from routine challenges, ultimately holding entire families hostage. But upper-case WORRY is predictable and manageable once you understand its tricks.

This 7-part video series will help you recognize WORRY’s tricks while teaching techniques to help you and your child break free.

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New Thoughts on an Old Idea

Talking Back to Worry

What to do When You Worry Too Much The piece of my thinking that has evolved most significantly in the nearly 20-years since I got on the CBT bandwagon and wrote What to Do When You Worry Too Much has to do with the relationship between a worrier and his/her Worry. I think of Worry with an upper-case W. A critter of some sort, personified, external. That part, I think I got right. But initially, I conceptualized that externalized Worry as a bully... (read more)

Tips for Parents

Parenting can be wonderful. It can also be exhausting, exhilarating, maddening, baffling, and surprising.

This section has a collection of tips and tricks to help you handle the toughest, and most common, parenting challenges. Dip into these short pieces for advice on everything from sensory challenges to effective reward systems.

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Media Appearances

I am happy to talk with journalists, bloggers, radio hosts and others about kids and mental health. Please contact me.

Media Appearances

Re-thinking Anxiety (TEDx 2015)

We are hard-wired to shrink away from things that might hurt us. That’s a good thing, fighting, fleeing or freezing in the face of danger. But anxiety is about perceived danger, very different from actual danger, and over-responding leads to problems of its own.

Dawn Huebner, PhD

Re-thinking Anxiety (TEDx 2015) describes my path into this work, and gives tips on how to face fear instead of running away.

Contact

You can also find me on Facebook and Linked in

Please Note

I am no longer seeing children for psychotherapy. Unless I have seen your child, I cannot make suggestions about who else you might see. Here are some ideas for finding a therapist.

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